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"For me the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity, the master of the instant which, in visual terms, questions and decides simultaneously. In order to “give a meaning” to the world, one has to feel involved in what one frames through the viewfinder. This attitude requires concentration, discipline of mind, sensitivity, and a sense of geometry. It is by economy of means that one arrives at simplicity of expression.

To take a photograph is to hold one’s breath when all faculties converge in a face of fleeing reality. It is at that moment that mastering an image becomes a great physical and intellectual joy.

To take a photograph means to recognize – simultaneously and within a fraction of a second– both the fact itself and the rigorous organisation of visually perceived forms that give it meaning.

It is putting one’s head, one’s eye, and one’s heart on the same axis." -

- Henri Cartier-Bresson

Other than that, my stream is mainly full of rubbish and I need to get around to cleaning it one day.

Fact remains, All rights reserved © Mernas
My beautiful new camera :o)

Groups I've created:
Stop the WAR CRIMES against Lebanon and the OPTs: www.flickr.com/groups/48233088@N00/
The BEST OF LONDON: www.flickr.com/groups/78557771@N00/
Faces of London: www.flickr.com/groups/27321334@N00/
Brick Lane (London): www.flickr.com/groups/44989944@N00/
Graffiti portraits: www.flickr.com/groups/62378988@N00/pool/
Ethnic jewellery: www.flickr.com/groups/42074649@N00/pool/

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A bit more about Mernas...

Hometown: Home is where the heart is and when it comes to places, mine jumps around all the time..
Interests: Obviously 'loved ones', Travel, Photography, Music, Contemporary Dance, Self-expression through Dance, Tango, Flamenco, Salsa, Drums, Beats, Cinema, Books, Art, Picasso, Matisse, Van Gogh, Dali, Good food, Sushi, Basketball, Snowboarding, Hiking, Philosophy, Psychology, Science, Quantum Physics, Evolution, Origins of life, Existential Questioning, The Human mind, Theology, History, Anthropology, Global politics, Global cultures, Literature, Poetry, Calligraphy, Exploration, Adventure, Spontaneity, Chaos, Entropy, Abstract things, Coincidence, Déjà Vu, Taboos, 'Surreality', Argumentation, Logic, Social justice, Human rights, People, Children, Anti-War, Anti-Imperialism, Anti-Occupation, Anti-Racism, Anti-Poverty, Anti-Ignorance, Anti-Intolerance. WTF? I wrote this a long time ago. What a nerd....
Favorite Books & Authors: Edward Said, Noam Chomsky, Mahmoud Darwish, Amin Maalouf, Fanon, Kafka, Orwell, Voltaire, Eluard, Dostoyevsky, Neruda, Rumi, Khalil Gibran, Saint Exupery, Omar Khayam, Hawking, Hemingway..lots more, have to go will complete later..
Favorite Movies, Stars & Directors: The battle of Algiers, Route 181 Fragments of a journey in Palestine-Israel, Babel, Todo sobre mi madre (All about my mother), La mala educacion (Bad education), Hable con ella (Talk to her), (Almodovar in general), Kiarostami, "2001: A Space Odyssey", A bout de Souffle (Breathless), The graduate, Cinema Paradiso, Momento, Pulp Fiction, The day I became a woman, In the mood for love, La Vita e Bella (Life is beautiful), Cidade de Deus (City of God), Central station, Cyrano de Bergerac, La Haine, Mémoires d'immigrés, the Shawshank redemption, American History X, Leon, Le Grand bleu, Secretary, Baraka, Monty Python, Life of Brian, Dead poets society, As good as it gets, 8 Mile, Irreversible, Requiem for a dream, A Few Good Men, American Beauty, A Beautiful mind, Lost in translation, Three colours, Sin City, Kill Bill, LOTRs, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, The Incredibles, Shrek, Billy Elliot, The Constant Gardner, Hitchcock, Polanski, The Others, good horror movies.. and all the great classics I am yet to see...
Favorite Music & Artists: Depending on mood: Jazz, Flamenco, Tango, Samba, Bossanova, Blues, Afro-Cuban, Latin, Soul, Spanish guitar, Sufi music, Gnawa, Derbouka solo's, Good quality Hip Hop, Rap, and R&B, Classical, Rebetika, Ambient, Lounge, Fusion, Buena Vista Social Club, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Cesaria Evora, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Miles Davis, Jacques Brel, MC Solaar, Gnawa Diffusion, Orchestre National de Barbes, Fairouz, Chaabi, Berber, Al-Anka, Dahmane el Harrachi, Guerouabi, Chaou, Ibrahim Ferrer, Massive attack, The Roots, Leftfield, Morcheba, Royksopp, U2, Lauryn Hill, Jill Scott, Souad Massi, Sting, La Cigala (& Bebo Valdes = Lagrimas Negras)...

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